tv_grab_dvb - dump dvb epg info in xmltv



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- Copyright (C) 2004 Mark Bryars <dvb at darkskiez d0t co d0t uk>

DVB code Mercilessly ripped off from dvbdate

NEWS
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15/07/2004 - Ver 0.8 Released

  Restrict to now next options added for current/other multiplexes.
  Status info is disablablable for more silent operation
  Time Offset chan be changed by an option now
  A Patch by Nick again for channel ident rewriting for interoperation
  with other xmltv sources..


23/05/2004 - Ver 0.6 Released

  This consists mostly of a patch from Nick Craig-Wood to make output
  more compliant with XML and the XMLTV dtd, with the correct tag
  ordering, etc. Cheers!

  View [1]ChangeLog For Detail


08/05/2004 - Ver 0.5 Released

  First fairly usable release, with correct time information!
  I've only had UK testers report back so far with this release
  Thanks to Steve Davies and Mark Kendall for their helpful suggestions
  and testing with the London 8 day EPG broadcast test.

  If you are getting any Unknown ID:?? in your output, let me know
  if you know what this should be. In the UK we seem to be getting
  a lot of 'f0' which I can't find out what they are meant to be.
  Eastenders seems to be categorised with it, but so does a range
  of murder mystery things.  Update:  It appears to be Drama
  Let me know anything else please.



CHANGES
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[2]View ChangeLog


DOWNLOAD
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[3]http://www.darkskiez.co.uk/tv_grab_dvb-0.6.tgz


REQUIREMENTS
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* DVB Card Working in linux already, and tuned to a multiplex.

USAGE
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It reads a channels.conf file [cst]zap format in the current directory to
decode the channel names (at the moment)
May not always need this.

Tested with:
        UK Freeview Now/Next
        UK London 8 Day EPG test
        Germany/Berlin DVB-T Now/Next
        Sweden DVB-S
        Let Me Know!

Tune into a multiplex with whatever you like, dvbtune, mplayer, mythtv and run:

tv_grab_dvb [-t timeout] > whatson.xml

HINTS
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Mythtv:

tv_grab_dvb|mythfilldatabase --no-delete --file 1 0 -

Works well for me to stop it messing about all the channels.

DEBUGGING
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dvbsnoop -s sec 18 -b -n 200 > EIT.bin
tv_garb_dvb -i EIT.bin -f EIT.xmltv

TODO
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* Allow specifying path to channels.conf
* Decode Subtitle info in XMLTV Style - 0.6 DTD?
* Decode Channel names from broadcast

DONE
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* Do proper XML encoding of text. - nearly
* Allow mapping to existing xmltv id. - thanks nick
* use iconv to correctly output descriptions
* Allow specifying the DVB card
+ more

LICENSE
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modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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